GENUKI: Clixby, LIN

Clixby

The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

Census Year	Piece No.
1861	R.G. 9 / 2392
1891	R.G. 12 / 2621

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Hallows.
In 1871, the church was a small building, comprising only the chancel of the original church.
The church was restored in 1889.
The church seats about 128.
The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in July, 1973.
There is a photograph of All Hallows church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
Here are two photos of All Hallows Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):

Clixby All Hallows

The Anglican parish register is included in that of Caistor.
The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

Clixby is a small village and a parish about 2 miles north of Caistor. Caistor parish is to the south and Great Limber parish to the north.

If you are planning a visit:

The national grid reference is TA 1004.
You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
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In 1871 and 1872, Clixby was only a township and a parochial chapelry in Caistor parish.
The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
In April 1936 the civil parish was dissolved and the area allocated to Grasby civil parish.

After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.

[Last updated: 5-August-2008 - Louis R. Mills]